hemorrhoid

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  1. noun An itching or painful mass of dilated veins in swollen anal tissue.
  2. noun The pathological condition in which such painful masses occur. Also called piles.

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  • This verge, which also determines whether a hemorrhoid is classified as internal or external, is where the inside of the anal canal becomes the outside of the body. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • A hemorrhoid is a clump or mass of tissue in the anal area that contains blood vessels and the supporting tissue made up of muscles and elastic fibers. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • … Constantly blaming it on the ruptured hemorrhoid. —  Think Progress
  • Right-wing radio host Michael Savage accuses "the hemorrhoid with eyes" -- presumably Fox News personality Glenn Beck -- of ripping off his show. —  Salon
  • If you have a chronic hemorrhoid problem, you might benefit by looking into my Permanent Hemorrhoid Cure. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
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  1. From Middle English emoroides, hemorrhoids, from Old French emoroides, from Latin haemorrhoidae, from Greek haimorrhoïdes, pl. of haimorrhoïs, from haimorrhoos, flowing with blood : haimo-, hemo- + rhein, to flow; see sreu- in Indo-European roots.
 

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/ˈhɛmoʊkrɔɪd/
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